COMMUNITY has submitted a motion calling for the government to provide the funding to pay the pensions of scheme wind-up victims.

FRANCE - As part of a bid to increase its presence in France, PIMCO has appointed Marco Grzesik as head of business development for the country.

SKANDIA Investment Management has launched a "best ideas" fund.

UK - Fund manager Hermes Pensions Management has appointed Roger Gray (pictured) as its new chief investment officer. Gray replaced Nick Mustoe, who left Hermes in May to take up the role of CIO equities at Pictet Asset Management.

HERMES Pensions Management has appointed Roger Gray as its chief investment officer.

THE PENSIONS Regulator has said that it will not foist a governance framework on DC schemes.

THE PENSIONS industry should speak out against the government's "dangerous reforms", a Labour MP warns.

FRANCE - Aberdeen Property Investors and L'Etoile Properties developed property asset management services for the French property market, it was announced today.

Ministers have bowed to pressure over plans to axe early retirement benefits for Local Government Pension Scheme members.

GLOBAL - Institutional investors are shying away from emerging markets and buying into consumer staples and high yielding sectors, said a report released by State Street Global Markets.